Blog
Amazon Fire HD
Amazon released the first Kindle Fire in 2011. The Kindle Fire revolutionized the e-reader industry because it ran a heavily modified version of the Android operating system, and was designed to deliver Amazon and Web content quickly and conveniently to the user. An...
Working On The Go! Free Tools Improve Your Remote Work Game
At Matcha Design we liked working remotely, even before the Covid-19 pandemic. It allows us to collaborate quickly and efficiently with our staff, local clients and those clients not so close (Canada, for example). Our computers, tablets, and phones allow us to...
What Makes A Great Logo?
Plus Three Things a Great Logo Can Do For You If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a well-crafted logo is worth a million. Logos are usually the first chance your company has to make an impression on a customer, which means that a strong logo can literally be...
Google Photos and Small Business
On May 28th, 2015, Google launched Google Photos - the newest member of the Google family of web apps. Although there are many other photo-sharing apps available that sprung up before and after Google Photos, Google Photos remains the most popular. Stacking Up Against...
Matcha Design Awarded Four Prestigious Davey Awards
Matcha Design, a full-service creative company known for their creative design solutions to complex branding challenges, brought home four prestigious awards from the 2021 International Davey Awards. The 17th annual Davey Awards accepted submissions from over 2,000...
5 Tips to Deliver Impactful Services to the Market
In an ever-shifting economy, companies struggle to keep their policies and offerings up to date with the current market. Decision makers understand the importance of seeking out the best practices in modern business in order to ensure competitiveness and innovation....
Social Media Networking is The Key
Having active posts and tweets on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is the core of many businesses daily social media strategy but many might not know. The impact of social media to business is something that shouldn’t be underestimated. It is important to build...
Matcha Design Takes Home Bronze Award from 2021 Summit International Awards
Matcha Design, a graphic and website design company known for their dedication to innovation in print, logo, and web page designs, celebrated yet another accredited award this week. Matcha Design announced their receipt of a Bronze Award from the Summit Creative Award...
Cultivate a Positive Brand Culture
Say you are an up-and-coming baker and would like to purchase a new stand mixer for your home kitchen. You’re likely to start your search off with brands that you know are reliable and high quality, such as KitchenAid or Cuisinart. They are recognized for the...
Good Design Do Not Just Sprout Out of Thin Air
Organized your pencils and pens lately? Sorted your clothes into a logical system in your drawers? Then you already understand the basic elements of good design: it is practical, it is systematic, and it makes life easier. In the same way, marketing materials that use...
Social Proof Marketing for Business Services
Social proof marketing is a concept that the average person would assume they know nothing about, claiming that it was yet another buzzword. Yet a large portion of the population has taken part in social proof marketing at least once in the course of their lives - and...
How to Stop Selling and Start Helping
Zig Ziglar famously quoted, “Stop Selling. Start Helping.” While this may seem like a counterintuitive practice for any sales-based company, he does make a pretty good point. When acting as a salesperson, you have a couple main objectives in mind, which can include...
How Your Brand Promise Can Set Your Business Apart
For small and mid-sized businesses your competition, footprint, or location might be hindering your ability to scale and reach the same market as your industry’s giants. That’s okay, because everyone starts small. The next tool in your marketing strategy should be...
Our Approach to Designing a Logo
Our goal is to create an image that will instantly reflect a company’s values, which requires careful attention. All research must be conducted thoroughly, and it’s paramount that design decisions be made in an unbiased way — especially given the current environment...
Mastering Balance and Rhythm in Design
Balance From a purely psychological perspective in human relationships, any imbalance in power is sure to create tension. While this phenomenon often leads to unsuccessful relationships between people, the concept is easy to understand — and we can apply the same...
Understanding Typography in Design
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type. Like fine-tuning a sports car, creating and defining great type design involves an intricate combination of educated and thoughtful selection of typeface, point size, line length, line spacing (leading), uniform...
Understanding Space and Scale in Design
Whether the project is graphic, animation, video, architectural, or product design, fully understanding both space and scale is crucial. At the fundamental level, this is built upon spatial savvy — the effective use of whitespace, grouping, visual elements, or...
Understanding Color Principles
Color principles can make your design dynamic, once you understand them. Sir Isaac Newton, the founder of modern physicals is the scientist attributed to the color wheel, in 1666. This circular diagram shows how colors are organized, and reveals their relationships to...
How to Create a Captivating Design
In the sensory overload that is our modern, information-based society, creating an impactful and captivating design is vital. As we each consume increasing amounts of content, a truly captivating design requires intent, skill, and to act with agency. While the phrase...
Finding the Right Tone
What does it mean to engage with your audience? When developing the right tone for a marketing strategy, one of the biggest challenges consists of discovering the ideal approach — capturing a voice and narrative that your intended demographic or audience will both...
How to Find Your Design Niche
As a designer, particularly if you’re jumping into the freelance market, setting yourself apart from the rest of the pack and make all the difference in your business growth and attracting new clients. Why is finding a niche so important? Credibility. While your...
Can Web Designers, Artists, and Writers Embrace Artificial Intelligence?
A surprisingly broad field, Artificial Intelligence isn’t just isolated to the computing sector; also encompassing the disciplines of philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology. Rather than simply understanding intelligence, the study of AI seeks to build & create...
How To Grow Your Brand On Instagram
First of all, having an online presence is imperious if you want to make sure that your business is going to be successful. One of the social networking sites that you should be interested in is Instagram because it allows you to tell a story by posting relevant...
How To Come Up With A Great Slogan And Taglines
With today's crowded marketplace, a great business tagline has never been more important. Whether for a specific product or for your entire business, an effective tagline can work wonders for your company's marketing. A tagline can succinctly convey a sense of your...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.